This one was found in a Philadelphia Inquirer article. Cornerback James Bradberry of the Philadelphia Eagles was talking about his interception of a Josh Allen pass late in the game:
As the game was going, I saw I was getting a lot of targets,” Bradberry said. “I just tried to make sure I was on my Ps and Qs at all times. I tried to make sure I made enough plays so we’d get a victory.”
This is a congruent conflation of “be on (one’s) best behavior” and “mind your Ps and Qs”, both meaning to be exceptionally polite. Not sure why the cornerback had to be polite the whole game, but that’s what he said. As an aside, a good discussion of the etymology of the idiom “mind your Ps and Qs” can be found here: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ps-and-qs/
A big thank you to Linda Bernstein for spotting this one and sending it in!
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